the War Department was deve oplnl the eighl Carihbran sites acquired from the 8riLish in the

1940 dc:stroyen-for-baIcs dell, as well as sharing weapons prod1Ktion with the 8rilish and RlIs sians. Neyen.hclcss. MalSbaJl would try 10 &end]1 P

]6sin \wowcdcsand 5OnewerP-4Qs within

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•

Afler inspectin, his new axnm3lld, Short lisled

for Mmhall the priorities I'e would addren. At the top of his lisl was eooperalion with the Withi n two momhs he made sllnincant progress wiLli his IWO COWl\eTparts, Founeenth Naval District commandant ReM Adm_a,udec. Bloch and Admir3.1 Kimmd. In Mmh Short and Bloch IlreedOlllcommand arrange

ment for joint air optr<1ltiOO$.

If airer:lft of the IWO

$trvias auacked "hoSIile suffICe

the

would command: if Lhey opctaled "over and in the Immediate vkinily of Oahu." the Army would com mand_ Funher, if the Navy needod ISSlswa in carrying OUt lIS minion ofdi:stant rcc:omaissmce from Oahu, the would mak." IYailabk tome of its ain;f1In. 10 Aprit Shon and 810ch agreed on a "loinl Coastal Frontier Defense Plan." a lengthy documenl whkh. ;goon&: oLhcr proyiSioru:, detailed Anny and NiVy responsibililieJ. Marshall founrJ these 19n::e ments and wrote Shon, "11 is evident that )'0\1 hIVe b<x:n on the job. and I know thal lhe: Nay)' is Iklightcd to llave soch acncrous CDOpcf1llion.M ( IS)

Shoo had OlOresucoess than his

with

ciyilian IIlwa;i.

E1ccled offkials invited Shon 10

address the leniLoriallcg;slalUte In April, and he lOOk lhl' opponuniLy lOou!linc his yiews on civllilll panici pillion in dc:fense of the islands. Shon', p!\lposals were incorpomed intO I MobiliZDion BiU. 50011 cnaaed by the Ic&:isllll.uo:. which proykied for asct aside land procram 10 produce fnod ttScrves and inlCgr.Jtion of cjyilian Icgal and medical ICSOIITCd with lho:ic of thc Hawaiian Depanmcnl in ca!IC of